Individual census record · S060

John Thomas Lee Fund Copy

John Thomas Lee Fund Copy: an 1859 second-edition copy at the American Antiquarian Society, with original publisher’s cloth and copy-specific acquisition evidence.

RepositoryAmerican Antiquarian Society

LocationWorcester, Massachusetts

Shelfmark / Call NumberZ865.R425.R859 (copy 1)

BindingBrown

Binding statusOriginal binding retained

Binding Description

Original brown publisher’s cloth with a gilt sphinx and blind-stamped surrounding decoration. The backstrip is detached and retained with the volume.

Provenance Chain

Unrecorded earlier ownership → American Antiquarian Society — acquired through the John Thomas Lee Fund

Provenance

A John Thomas Lee Fund bookplate and purchase notation record acquisition for the American Antiquarian Society. Earlier ownership is unrecorded.

Copy Notes

The Humboldt letter and its English translation are both reproduced in manuscript facsimile.
The second-edition resolution is dated January 21, 1859.

Evidence and Documentation

American Antiquarian Society copy 1 photographs; catalogue record 200271; shelfmark Z865.R425.R859 (copy 1). AAS catalogue ↗

People in This Copy

John Thomas Lee

S060: Original brown cloth front binding

Photographs of S060

Courtesy of the American Antiquarian Society.

John Thomas Lee Fund bookplate and detached backstrip

Illustrated title page of the 1859 second edition

English translation reproduced in manuscript facsimile

Committee names and January 21, 1859 second-edition resolution

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